Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 278 The Secret of the Water Tribe
Lin'an Prefecture, Chifan Tower.

Chifanlou was first built in the fourth year of Tianxixi. It is a branch of Baifanlou in Bianjing. The wine here is mellow and delicious. Diners can enjoy the graceful dance of Meiji while drinking the aged wine.

Cha Xiaodao leaned on the railing, sipping the red alum specialty [Meishan wine], and with a wave of his hand, the waiter from the lobby below came trotting up.

"Sir, would you like some more wine and food?"

Cha Xiaodao looked at the food and wine on the table that had been swept away, licked his lips with satisfaction, and a cigarette appeared between his fingers like magic and ignited without fire.

"Pay the bill. By the way, is the chef who makes this [fried stewed meat] available? I have something to ask you."

Having said that, he stood up and walked towards the lobby on the first floor of the restaurant, which was decorated with pearl curtains and embroidered banners and brightly lit by candles.

"Sir, you can see that we are fully booked today, so I'm afraid it will be difficult for the chef to have some free time."

The servant's expression did not seem fake, and he looked indeed troubled. When he saw Cha Xiaodao get up and go downstairs, he hurriedly followed behind him, subconsciously holding his hands with both hands, as if he was afraid that he would drink too much and accidentally fall down the stairs if he got drunk.

Cha Xiaodao glanced at the fat, white cook who was chatting with the pretty girl outside the door, and said nothing.

Looking at the old accountant who was fiddling with beads and chips and writing with a pen at the counter, there was no trace of ink. He took out the wooden sign of 626 and a bag of silver ingots from his bosom.

"Boss, I'm here to learn from you and exchange skills."

Seeing that the fat white cook's gaze turned to him, Cha Xiaodao bowed slightly and placed the wooden sign and silver ingot on the counter.

"Since you are a contestant in the cooking competition, then come on, which of my dishes do you like?"

The fat white cook looked calm, as if he had expected this. After he coaxed the pretty girl who came to Chifan Building to buy wine away with a grin, he walked up to Cha Xiaodao and nodded.
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"Tiger Head, this time the catch is not small. How come you encountered a giant spider?"

In the hunting hall of the Wild Hunting Bureau, the captain on duty who was in charge of guarding the two gates looked at the bundle of dark blue spider legs, each as thick as a tree trunk, on Qin Huai's shoulder, and hurriedly called on all the hunting guards to disperse and make way.

"Well, I encountered a few Xuan Bing-grade Mountain Spiders and a Di Yi-grade Tea Spider. If it wasn't for the coincidence that I managed to escape with my life, I'm afraid I would have died in the Sad Wind Forest."

Qin Huai patted the spider's leg on his shoulder and looked around the spacious hunting hall, but did not see Liu Gengyang who was supposed to be guarding the venue.

"What? A Di Yi beast? How does it compare to the [Ghost Golden Tiger] you hunted earlier?"

The head of the hunting guards was startled, took two steps forward, and looked at Qin Huai, who was intact, with some surprise.

"There's a world of difference, like heaven and earth. That [Tea Spider] is a hundred meters tall, as big as a hill, and has the power to shake the earth. According to my personal experience, that [Ghost Golden Tiger] can only be considered as barely reaching the second level of the Earth, while this [Tea Spider] is probably on the path to the Heavenly Armor."

Qin Huai pretended to be solemn, and before the captain could speak, he immediately asked, "Where is Si Cheng? This matter cannot be delayed any longer, I need to talk to him in detail."

"Si Cheng just had a drink at noon, so he should take a rest behind the hall now."

After the captain pointed to his left hand side, his voice suddenly became much quieter.

"Thank you very much. After this busy period, I, Hu Tou, will treat you brothers to a drink."

Qin Huai bowed and thanked him, but did not rush to the public office behind the hall to find Liu Gengyang. Instead, he untied the rubber band rope that bound the eight spider legs, pulled out one and took it to the stall owner with whom he had an appointment in advance.

"Brother, what do you think of this black-grade spider leg meat? Are you satisfied?"

The stall owner didn't expect Qin Huai to get the gift he needed so quickly. He stood up excitedly and took out a small silver knife from his sleeve.

"The Tiger-Headed God's archery skills are unparalleled. I really admire him. But this Xuan Bing grade spider leg meat is rare in Lin'an Prefecture. Can you let me try it first and then give the Tiger-Headed God a satisfactory reward?"

"As you please."

Qin Huai was also curious about how the stall owner had the ability to judge delicacies and precious ingredients. After putting the spider's legs down, he stood by with his arms folded and looked him up and down.

The stall owner took a silver knife and carefully pried open the spider's hard shell. Then he cut a piece of meat the size of a fingernail from the white jelly meat. He sniffed it first, and then tasted it.

After feeling the abundant vitality of the grains and the unique soft and tender taste, the stall owner nodded and smiled at Qin Huai who was waiting, "It is undoubtedly the spider leg meat of Xuan Bing grade. It tastes like chicken and fish, suitable for all kinds of cooking techniques. It is top-grade, top-grade!"

"It's fine as long as it suits your taste, but I don't know how much the stall owner is offering?"

"How about a thousand taels of silver? And a recipe for a famous dish recorded in Shan Jia Qing Gong."

Seeing the stall owner whispering mysteriously, it seems that the recipe of this famous dish is something very extraordinary.

"I don't know what dish it is?"

There was a gleam in Qin Huai's eyes, and he actually became somewhat interested.

"[Bijian Soup] is a [True Taste] vegetarian feast first created by Master Xinzhai of Xinglong Temple. However, it uses exquisite ingredients and requires very high cooking skills from the chef, so I want to sell it at a low price."

"Then wouldn't it be a great bargain for me?"

Seeing the stall owner's reluctant expression, Qin Huai laughed and stretched out his big hand to make a promise.

"That's all. Bring me the gold and silver recipes."

Seeing Qin Huai agreed, the stall owner felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his heart. He hurriedly took out a bag of gold cakes and a scroll of dark blue painting from the cargo box and handed them over.

"The payment and goods have been paid, Tiger God, take care."

Qin Huai nodded, weighed the gold cake, and then glanced at the scroll.

【Shan Jia Qing Gong·Bi Jian Soup】

Quality: Rare

Category: Recipe/Skill Visualization
The written record of Shanjia Qinggong Soup records the ingredients, cooking techniques, heat control and the blending of the five flavors needed for the Bijian Soup.

Spend Yama points to study and visualize skills. Visualization has a certain chance of obtaining related skills. Visualization skills do not occupy the skill bar. The success rate of visualization is related to the strength of walking-related specialization.

Each visualization costs 50 Yamabu points.

Basic requirements: Cooking skills 70%
"It's really not a fake, I'm lucky this time~"

Qin Huai hummed a little tune, kept three of the remaining seven spider legs, and handed the rest to an empty large scale, and ordered: "I want a [fresh cage], and the rest will be exchanged for gold and silver."

"A single spider leg weighs over 2,000 kilograms, and there are four of them. After removing the bones and skin, we can get about 3,500 kilograms of pure meat, which can be exchanged for 6,000 taels of silver!"

The clerk quickly gave a price.

"[Low-quality Fresh Cage] One for five thousand taels of silver. Brother Tiger Head, this is your change."

Casually putting away the silver ingot and the gray-white bamboo box in front of him, Qin Huai held one end of the blue-black spider's leg against the opening of the [Fresh Cage] box and stuffed it in in a few seconds.

"If this [Fresh Cage] is slightly modified, maybe it can be used as a storage tool." Qin Huai carried the gray and white bamboo box on his back, thinking about all sorts of things in his mind, and stepped into the public office behind the hall in just three or two steps.

In the middle of the couplet that reads "Mountains and seas, all things, benefit all living things", a green ball of flesh is lying on a wobbly bamboo recliner and snoring.

Qin Huai took a step into the courtroom, but before he was completely inside, the snoring that had been going on for a while suddenly stopped, and a plump ball of flesh suddenly bounced up.

"Didn't I tell you not to disturb me during my lunch break unless there's something urgent? Have my repeated instructions fallen on deaf ears?!"

"It's me. Something happened in the Mountain and Sea Realm."

Seeing the meat fans staring with their eyes wide open, Qin Huai lowered his voice and threw over a booklet that he had prepared long ago.

"Huzi? You're back? What happened in the Shanhai Realm?"

When Liu Gengyang heard the familiar voice and was hit in the stomach by the book, he suddenly became more sober.

"The tea hill in Beifeng Forest no longer exists. It has been occupied by the top-grade Tea Spider of Earth Level II and his spider descendants. I'm afraid the map list in the bureau will have to be changed."

"It's bad! If this happens, wouldn't Dian Su Niang in Yulong Palace be in danger?!"

Liu Gengyang was very smart and he immediately thought of Dian Su Niang, whom he had sponsored and sent to the Shanhai Realm. Without thinking too much, he wanted to take Qin Huai back to Shanhai to rescue her.

"Huzi, there aren't many people I can trust in Jiuzhou. You are very strong and have extraordinary archery skills. Come with me and save them!"

However, he pulled hard, but failed to move the Qinhuai tree that was as thick as a twisted old pine tree.

"Don't worry. I passed by the Sad Wind Forest last night and got to know the three people from the East Sea. They all escaped from danger this morning with the help of each other. In a few hours, they should be back in Jiuzhou."

Qin Huai's voice was light, but his words carried a lot of weight.

"That's good, that's good. You are really lucky, Hu Zi. You helped your brother unintentionally."

After Liu Gengyang took the "reassurance pill" Qin Huai gave him, he breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and pulled him to sit aside.

"I just wonder if that little girl will be able to successfully obtain the treasure after all the dangers she encountered?"

"The tea spiders were rampant, and the sea of ​​spiders was endless. The four of us were powerless to catch them, and in the end we only managed to get half a plant."

Qin Huai calmly pulled away Liu Gengyang's fat hand that was tightly grasping his arm, and told him everything that happened last night.

"That's good, that's good. This way, Lin'an Prefecture will not lose face or reputation, and it can be considered a win-win situation."

After hearing about the dangers of last night, Liu Gengyang grinned and patted Qin Huai on the shoulder.

"Hu Zi has helped me so much unintentionally, I have to thank you. Let's go to the North Winery to have a drink."

"Aren't you going to wait for that little lady Ao?"

Qin Huai's face turned strange, and he was a little confused as to why Liu Gengyang, who cared so much about the three people from Donghai, wanted to drag Ao Ling out for a drink when he saw that Ao Ling was about to return.

"That Dian Su Niang has other urgent matters. I don't think she will stay in Lin'an after getting the treasure. Brother, I know the inside story and I won't make things difficult for myself."

Liu Gengyang waved his hand and pulled Qin Huai out of the hunting ground.

"Oh? What's the inside story?"

"I just received this news this morning from the Guanglu Temple's superiors."

Liu Gengyang's face straightened, he raised his hands, and bowed slightly to the southwest: "Dongting Dragon King has issued a decree that on the fifth day of the fifth month of this year, the Dragon Boat Festival, Yunmeng Young Master will walk on the Qiantang River and turn into a dragon in the East China Sea!"

"A dragon wandering across the river? The order of the Dragon Lord of Dongting Lake? The four departments and six bureaus have no objection?"

Whether in the present world or in the Yamabu Fruit, the phenomena associated with the dragon walking on the river are usually violent storms, mountain floods and other strange phenomena in heaven and earth.

These natural disasters are never good for the land creatures on both sides of the rivers and lakes. But for the aquatic creatures, it is a great thing, they can change the vitality of the river water, widen the river channel, remove silt, and improve the living environment.

Since the Dragon King of Dongting Lake has issued a decree to prepare for the removal of all things on the river, there is no guarantee that the section of the river from Xiuning to Lin'an will not be stirred up by the dragon to familiarize himself with the environment.
But the city of Lin'an was built along the Qiantang River. If it were to be flooded by a sudden flood, wouldn't the spiritual chef competition be doomed?
Qin Huai had many questions in his mind, but what puzzled him most was why Yunmeng Shaojun did not transform into a dragon in Dongting Lake, but ran to Qiantang and the East China Sea thousands of miles away.

"The dragon's escape from the river has already been arranged by the higher-ups. The Guanglu Temple will dispatch a troop of Four Elephants Imperial Guards to protect Lin'an. You don't have to worry."

Liu Gengyang lifted the jade belt around his waist, and when he talked about the [Four Elephant Imperial Guards], there was a hint of envy in his eyes.

"I see. But there is one thing I don't understand. I would like to ask you, brother."

Qin Huai understood and asked his last question: "Ao Ling is from the East China Sea, how could he have a history with the Dongting water people? Moreover, Yunmeng Shaojun did not transform into a dragon in Dongting, but ran to Qiantang and the East China Sea thousands of miles away. What's the reason for this?"

"This involves a secret."

Liu Gengyang glanced at Qin Huai and smiled: "But Huzi, you are one of us, so it's okay for me to tell you."

"The Dragon King of Dongting, that is, the Dragon King of Yunmeng thousands of years ago, has a younger brother, who is the Dragon King of Qiantang today. The third daughter of the Dragon King of Dongting was once married to the Dragon Clan of Jinghe River, and later remarried to a scholar. The son born to the two is the Young Master of Yunmeng who is going to transform from a dragon into a dragon this time. As for the relationship between the little girl Diansu and the Young Master of Yunmeng, according to our words, they should be cousins. The mother of the little girl Diansu is the fourth daughter of the Dragon King of Dongting, and has a very good relationship with her third sister, so she is so anxious when her cousin is in trouble now."

Liu Gengyang paused and spread his hands: "After all, the three aquatic tribes of Dongting, Qiantang and East China Sea are all related relatives, so it doesn't matter where or how this young master turns into a dragon."

"I didn't expect that these three water tribes had such a secret. I am really learning a lesson."

Qin Huai's face showed a look of sudden enlightenment. He clasped his hands and then bowed twice to Liu Gengyang.

"It's just a small matter, but I want to remind you not to publicize this matter. After all..."

"Understood. I will keep my mouth shut."

The two talked all the way and unknowingly arrived at Chunfeng Tower where Cha and Ding were staying.

In the open stove facing the street, Ding Ru was holding a slender fish-cutting knife, and processing a cold but not dull ice-green carp with a focused look.

"Old Ding, what are you busy with? Where's the knife?"

Liu Gengyang walked in and asked the servant to discuss the wine and food. Qin Huai ignored him and walked to Ding Ru and greeted him.

"Xiao Dao went to the 36th store of the Northern Winery early in the morning to exchange skills. I wanted to go too, but I had a very interesting chat with Madam Sima at noon, so I decided to stay and exchange some culinary experiences."

When Ding Ru saw Qin Huai returning, for some reason, he immediately told them everything they had done.

"Okay, come in for a drink later. I've already prepared the materials you and the knife will need."

Qin Huai nodded, said something, and then stopped disturbing Ding Ru who was obviously trying to study the dishes.

(End of this chapter)